Our Story

RAVE	believes that every woman, man, teen, and child who looks to their faith community for assistance in the aftermath of abuse deserves to receive help that is compassionate, practical, based on accurate information, where SAFETY is a top priority.
RAVE	delivers training and resources, immediate access to shelter contacts, as well as best practices (and pitfalls to avoid) to religious leaders and congregations through web-based sources accessed in clergy offices, internet cafes, seminary classrooms and churches around the world.
RAVE	grows out of 15 years of social science research examining the relationship between communities of faith and domestic violence.
RAVE	believes that churches and their communities are co-partners in responding to abuse and working together towards its elimination in every home and every congregation.